I recently lost a large amount of weight after two pregnancies and an extended period of breastfeeding. At my biggest, I was bursting out of a 36J. As my breasts have lost volume, I've found that the only padded half-cups give me a rounded shape without too much wrinkling of loose skin at the top. This Freya has been my savior throughout my weight loss journey. It is comfortable and forgiving of soft tissue and looks okay even when the cup isn't completely filled. I started wearing this bra when I was a 34H and stepped down a couple of times to my current 32G. I should probably ...be wearing a 30G now, since the band on this one is a bit looser than I like and the cups are gapping. But, since I've changed bra size SO often in the past ten months, I'm going to keep wearing this one until I start falling out of the cup and then reassess.

FYI... I have a short torso and have had trouble in the past with tall wires poking my underarms and rubbing them raw. The Patsy doesn't do that at all. Yay! No more blood blisters in my armpits.

Oh, and another FYI regarding colors. I have owned this one in most of the available color combos. Be forewarned that the blush pink/brown dot is VERY visible under clothing. None of the other colors have this trouble. So, if you don't want everyone to see polka dots though your shirt and you don't want to always wear a camisole, avoid the pink/brown version of this one.Read more157 more words

This one is very similar to two other Freya's I own, the Marvel and the Totally Tartan half cup. The band is quite stretchy, and the cups are a bit larger than expected (more like my 32GG Marvel). I therefore experience a bit of gaping at the top with sub optimal posture, but nothing too crazy. The fabric of the bra is ok, nothing special. The neon pink trim on the dark blue makes the bra interesting to look at.

In terms of shape, it does exactly what the aforementioned other half cup Freyas do: it lifts my boobs, gives them a nice round cakes on a plate shape, ...just what I am looking for. It doesn't push my boobs as far to the center as the Marvel does (that one has a side panel, this one does not). I also feel like the support with this bra is just a tad less than the Marvel.

The pro with this bra compared to the 3 piece padded half cup (Totally Tartan) is that the seams are much less visible, so I can actually wear this under tighter shirts.

I think this will be the last Freya I buy in a while (although I am still considering buying the nude colored Marvel because I love it so much and I still need a good basic nude bra), because I now have a nice set of basic bras that fit well and I want to try out some other brands (Cleo and Panache for starters).Read more142 more words

First off, this is a really cute bra. Pink with polka dots, how can you ever go wrong with polka dots? I'm not a fan of the brown lace that goes along the top of the cup, but it doesn't itch. This fits very much like my 32FF - Freya » Totally Tartan Padded Half Cup Bra (1423). But it doesn't have the strip of fabric across the top of the cup like the tartan half cup. So even though they are both padded half cups, I feel like this one is cut a bit differently?